Councils of Health Care Unions ratify agreement with NSHA and IWK. After more than 18 months of negotiations, over 40 bargaining dates, multiple pieces of Liberal anti-labour legislation and countless protests, members of the Health Care Councils of Unions have voted 92% to ratify an agreement put forward by the Province. This agreement will move negotiations between the employer and all four bargaining groups (Health Care, Administrative Professionals, Support Services and Nursing) into mediated-arbitration. What this means for negotiations Each of the four bargaining units will continue to bargain with their employers (the Nova Scotia Health Authority and the IWK). However, with this agreement any issues that cannot be resolved at the table will go to a mediator-arbitrator for an independent and final award. We anticipate that the Health Care bargaining unit will enter into arbitration near the end of July 2018. It is our hope that the employer and … Read more…
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Today, the Nova Scotia Council of Health Care Unions announced that health care bargaining unit members who voted – voted 93% in support of a province-wide strike. We thank all the members who participated in the vote. The Council of Unions is under a media black out until members have the opportunity to vote on a proposed agreement with the Nova Scotia Health Authority and IWK. CUPE 8920 has 4,700 members are employed by the Nova Scotia Health Authority, which consists of eight area health authorities.